FREYR is building four battery cell factories in Mo i Rana, and are soon opening the doors to the Customer Qualification Plant – Norway’s first industrial scale lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facility.

They are looking for a recycling coordinator to ensure effective handling of the process waste material streams from the production line at the Customer Qualification Plant (CQP).

For the right candidate, this opportunity is a professional dream come true. You will have an important role in developing Norway’s first battery cell production facilities.

You can expect a challenging, hands-on role where you get to apply everything you know, and learn a lot. The recycling coordinator will have main responsibility of the day-to-day management of the in-process waste and scrap cells from the battery cell production line.

• You will be working with scaling up breakthrough semi-solid technology, creating the most sustainable batteries the world has ever seen
• You will work closely with the production team across the whole production line and liaise with external recycling partners to ensure an effective and efficient management of waste streams.
• You will monitor all activities and equipment to ensure quality, efficiency, safety and high OEE in liaison with the engineers and technical support teams
• You will have a strong focus on HSEQ and work closely with team members to continuously improve performance

Highly qualified engineers are wanted! Are you motivated to join FREYR’s mission and help them build a centre of excellence for battery cell manufacturing in Norway?

Your main tasks include:

• Ensure that process waste and scrap cells are safely collected, sorted and prepared for collection
• Follow standards to ensure operational excellence and high OEE relating to management of waste material streams
• Support teams in meeting output, safety and quality targets/KPIs
• Be a part of interdisciplinary teams in development of technology and processes within own area
• Participate actively in all phases of continuous improvement processes relating to process waste management and recycling
• Participate in data collection, analysis of data and root cause analysis
• Actively share knowledge and transfer competence across teams
• Contribute to area reporting against performance targets and KPIs
• Attend internal and external meetings, including representing FREYR in meetings with local recycling partners
• Communicate with recycling partners and ensure contractual obligations and performance targets are met
• Contribute to audits of internal processes and external recycling partners
• Contribute to planning and implementing the recycling processes for the giga factories
• Certain aspects of the line will be manned 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. As such, some shift work should be expected

Desired qualifications:

• Graduate in chemistry, material science or other relevant field
• A good working understanding of material recycling, preferably from an industrial setting
• Skilled at using Microsoft 365, including Excel
• Proven track record in delivering results, on time and to expected quality
• Strong focus on safety with the ability and willingness to follow safety instructions and procedure
• Good communication skills in English and Norwegian, both oral and written

The following qualifications are advantageous, but not a requirement:

• Experience of working in a battery production/technology environment
• Experience of using manufacturing software / applications

Desirable personal qualities to best succeed in the role:

• Flexible with a “can-do” attitude
• Performs well both individually and as a team member
• Good problem-solving abilities
• Quickly learns new technologies
• Takes responsibility for your own workload to ensure that the team targets are achieved
• Ability to understand and analyse basic data sets and maintain digital records